She said: “I just think, ‘OK, it’s their problem, not mine’. But equally, is it preventing other women from getting involved in the sport, in the fact that I’m not standing up and saying actively: ‘No, this isn’t good enough’?

“If I go into a boardroom, a lot of the time I’ll be talking to other chairmen of other football clubs or other executives at a high level and they’ll choose to just smile if I say anything, and talk to my husband.

“Then we’ll be coming home in the car and I think, ‘What is this about? Why is our sport so full of dinosaurs?'”

Radford believes recent social media campaigns encouraging women to speak out about sexual harassment and abuse – such as the #MeToo campaign in the US – have made a difference.

“People are calling it out and saying it’s not acceptable,” she said.

“Beforehand I would just duck my head down and accept the abuse whereas now I’m actually saying: ‘I’m not going to patronised by you, I’m equally able to do a good job.'”